July 16, 2012 – 7:41 am
Nancy Pelosi said we had to pass the bill to know what’s in it. Democrats did just that, by offering bribes and using cheap parliamentary tricks, despite massive outcry over the legislation, and now that we know what’s in it, it hasn’t gotten more popular. People are not resigned to accepting it. And the polls […]
July 14, 2012 – 9:04 am
He won’t get it, obviously. Team Obama has nothing else to run on (NY Times) Mitt Romney demanded an apology from President Obama on Friday for making what he called “reckless†and “absurd†allegations in an escalating battle over whether Mr. Romney’s business record included outsourcing American jobs. After days in which the Obama campaign […]
July 10, 2012 – 7:15 am
But, then, what else does Obama have to run on? A failed economic stimulus plan that wasted a billion dollars? A highly unpopular healthcare bill? The Lilly Ledbetter Act, which was so wonderful that the Democrats tried to pass legislation that did the same thing again this year? Drone strikes that make his base insane(r)? […]
July 9, 2012 – 8:28 am
Let’s face it, Team Obama likes to stretch the truth, if not out right lie, in order to smear opponents. The number of un-truths, stretches, and lies that are going into Obama campaign fodder is a daily occurrence. It would take a giant post to list all the false ads. He can’t win on his […]
July 6, 2012 – 7:49 am
Funny stuff from David Axelrod (CBS News) The Obama campaign is sharpening its attack on Mitt Romney’s personal business and financial dealings. In an interview with CBS Radio News on the sidelines of an Obama campaign rally Thursday evening in Parma, Ohio, senior campaign adviser David Axelrod called Romney, “the most secretive candidate we’ve seen […]
July 2, 2012 – 9:33 am
We’re starting to get a glimpse of how a President Romney would act on the international stage, which would be vastly different from (NMP) Obama’s (Washington Times) Call it the “friend-enemy†distinction. Mitt Romney has assembled a foreign-policy platform rooted in the belief that adversaries such as Russia must be confronted for backsliding on democracy […]
June 29, 2012 – 7:58 pm
Smitty makes a good point While the analysis (over Roberts’ ruling) is worthwhile, I hope this weekend sees a shift away from fretting about Roberts and a renewed focus on getting the Court of Public Opinion arranged for the November opinion, which stands even more crucial. As I wrote in the comments, that’s what I’ve […]
June 26, 2012 – 6:21 pm
Obviously, this can’t anything whatsoever to do with wanting to distance herself from Barack Obama? Right? (ABC News) Sen. Claire McCaskill, vulnerable in her reelection bid, reportedly joined a growing faction of Democrats begging off this summer’s Democratic National Convention. The Missouri senator made the decision Tuesday to skip the national convention, which takes place […]
June 25, 2012 – 2:04 pm
For all of Obama’s carping about fixing illegal immigration, which mostly disappeared from his rhetoric after he announced, proving that it was simply a shiny object to distract from bad economic news and the issues surrounding his stonewalling attorney general, most Hispanics who are legal citizens eligible to vote aren’t that concerned about the issue. […]
June 25, 2012 – 8:04 am
Unable to do anything meaningful to get the US economy moving, Mr. Obama has resorted to playing small ball in many states with issues that should simply be normal government business (Politico) President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are jousting over the big national themes of 2012: the economy, the deficit, the crisis in Europe. […]